What is the primary reason for administering morphine to a client with an MI?
A) To sedate the client
B) To decrease the client's pain
C) To decrease the client's anxiety
D) To decrease oxygen demand on the client's heart
Ans: D) To decrease oxygen demand on the client's heart
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The nurse is assessing a toddler when the child's mother states that the child has had a fever for the past two days
When the nurse asks the mother what the temperature has been, the mother replies that she hasn't actually taken it but the child's skin has felt very warm. Which response by the nurse is appropriate in this situation? 1. "When our skin feels warm, it means our blood vessels are constricted." 2. "The only reliable indicator of body temperature is by feeling the forehead." 3. "Our skin temperature changes when our surroundings change temperature." 4. "The temperature of the skin is not related to what is happening inside our bodies."
A traditional Arab female client is brought to the emergency room by her husband. She complains of feeling very anxious and short of breath and has chest pain. What would likely be a hindrance to the care of this client?
a. The emergency room physician is female. b. Her husband asks if he can stay with his wife. c. One of the emergency room nurses is of Arab descent. d. The only caregivers available in the emergency room are male.
When setting nursing priorities, which factors must be considered?
1. Compassion and patient needs 2. Patient and family requests 3. Physician's orders and patient status 4. Knowledge base and nursing theories
The nurse recognizes that which assessment observation of a comatose patient has the greatest implications?
1. Both arms are extended and adducted, with the palms facing down. 2. Fasciculational twitching occurs in the small muscle groups of both arms. 3. Muscles of the entire upper extremities are flaccid bilaterally. 4. Arms, wrist, and fingers are flexed and adducted.